My Journey to a PhD
By Andrea Cooper Born in the Sixties, I grew up in Merseyside. I am the eldest of four children and we lived with my mum, and through the cobbled entry lived my Nanny Holmes. I remember my mum and nan...
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Visualising Research - A Journey to Rediscovery
By Tegan Brierley-Sollis If you go into the Gallery on Mold Road campus, you will find entries from this year’s Visualising Research Competition. Among them is my entry titled ‘A Jou...
Ecological Citizenship: Rethinking Play Spaces for Sustainable Communities
By Daniel Knox In a time when environmental sustainability is vital, the concept of Ecological Citizenship has become increasingly relevant. Our role as citizens in our communities extends beyond just...
FAST Research Seminar Series: Technology and Engineering
November 2023 The third seminar in the FAST Research Series was held at the end of November at the Plas Coch campus, with Dr Rob Bolam chairing proceedings. First up was Dr Phoey Lee...
“Focussed wholly on Social Work Practice in Wales”
Dr Caroline Hughes Associate Dean, Student Engagement, was invited to deliver the opening address at the 'Social Work in Wales' (Livingston et al., 2023) book launch at Wrexham University in July 2023...
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FAST Research Seminar Series #3 - Science
In December, Dr Jixin Yang chaired the fourth Research Seminar in the series hosted by what was originally FAST. The theme was Applied Science and the first speaker presented a very complicated-lookin...
Taking a Chance: Applying for a PhD
By Kirsty Le-Cheminant As I was scrolling online one day, I noticed that the Psychology Department at Wrexham University were advertising a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) post. As a former student ...
Research Seminar Series #5 - Technology and Engineering
January 2024 January saw the FAST Research Series recommence for the new year, with Dr Rob Bolam chairing the Technology and Engineering seminar. Nikolas Veillet and Marin Gaillard joined the s...
Parents’ and carers’ experiences of accessing North Wales Services for their children with learning disabilities
February 2024 Dr Dawn Jones has once again received funding from Improvement Cymru to further their research project into reviewing national care models for children and young people with learning dis...
Visualising Research Blog 2024, Dr Gwennan Hâf Barton
The Visualising Research competition has been a common thread throughout my PhD journey and beyond at Wrexham; it is an asset to the research community at the University. I have submitted several entr...
